This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cred is a root that means ..... A) Walk. B) Color. C) Hear. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Believe. 2. I was thankful when my ..... shoes helped straighten out the muscles in my feet! A) Malevolent. B) Fractal. C) Orthopedic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orthopedic. 3. The prefix trans-(as in transport, translate) means ..... A) Across, through, change. B) In between. C) Above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across, through, change. 4. My guilty pleasure is that I enjoy watching the Maury show whenever there will be paternity tests. What is the meaning of the root word pater-as it is used in the wordpaternity? A) All/every. B) Father. C) Good. D) Become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father. 5. What prefix means against or opposite? A) Counter-. B) Contra-. C) Anti-. D) Pro-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anti-. 6. Which word has the root word meaning "sound?" A) Sonic. B) Hearing. C) Tone. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonic. 7. Pyroclastic flows from the eruption resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people. A) Announce. B) Break. C) Against. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break. 8. The Latin root 'scrib' or 'script', as in the word 'manuscript', means what? A) To see. B) To write. C) To build. D) To speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To write. 9. What does the prefix 'bio-' mean in the word 'biology'? A) Life. B) Earth. C) Water. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 10. How does adding an "-er" to a verb change its part of speech? (ex:run to runner) A) It makes a verb an adjective. B) It makes a verb an adverb. C) It makes a verb a noun. D) It makes a verb a pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It makes a verb a noun. 11. What is a definition for the affix "ab" ? A) Absent. B) Away. C) After. D) Annoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away. 12. What does the word "nonsense" mean?This report is nonsense and nothing but a waste of paper. A) The report is useful. B) The report doesn't make sense. C) The report is erasable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The report doesn't make sense. 13. The root dorm means: A) New. B) Sleep. C) Room. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleep. 14. ..... means to prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct. A) Decipher. B) Verify. C) Precise. D) Alternate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verify. 15. What is the best definition for the affix "photo" ? A) Picture. B) Light. C) Image. D) Dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 16. Which root/affix means:fire A) Ex-, exo-. B) Ignis. C) Inter. D) Junto, junctum. E) Kinesis, cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ignis. 17. What does the root meter/metr mean? A) Earth, ground. B) Send. C) Measure. D) Break, burst. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measure. 18. Stylist A) A person who changes theirselves. B) Someone who get paid a lot. C) A person who styles. D) ????. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who styles. 19. Isla and Ethan are developing an app to address a common issue. What is the main goal of their project? A) Tradition. B) Imitation. C) Invention. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invention. 20. Decode the meaning of the word 'transportation' using your knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. A) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act or process of carrying across or beyond'. B) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act of transporting through a portal'. C) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the process of transporting ants'. D) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act of transforming into a port'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The word 'transportation' can be decoded as 'the act or process of carrying across or beyond'. 21. The prefix "inter-" in the word international means: A) In. B) Between. C) Over. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between. 22. Which root/affix means:out of, from A) Ex-, exo-. B) Ignis. C) Inter. D) Junto, junctum. E) Kinesis, cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ex-, exo-. 23. When people in wars are captured, they are in danger of ..... A) Xylophone. B) Creation. C) Telegrams. D) Starvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starvation. 24. What is the meaning of the root 'medi'? A) Earth. B) Break. C) All. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle/Between. 25. Which words in these word lists have all the prefixes correctly? A) HighnessBeautifulCelebration. B) InjusticeBakeryCareless. C) DecodeRegainNonsense. D) PreschoolInfiltrateFriendship. 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